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Sunday, August 3, 2014

China quake death toll rises to 367, about 1,900 injured (PHOTOS)

Over 360 people were killed and 1,900 injured after an earthquake
measuring from 6.1 to 6.5, according to different estimates, toppled
buildings in Chinese Yunnan province.

The majority of the dead were from Ludian county, which Chinese
state television said was at the epicenter of the quake.
At least 1,300 people also from the county have been injured and
181 remain missing, Yunnan's information bureau reported.
The province's seismological bureau said that another 49 people
died and 102 were injured in Qiaojia county.

There are also reports saying that the death toll has reached 230
by early Monday morning local time.
The US Geological Survey has estimated the quake at 6.1 on the
Richter scale, while previously reporting the strikes measuring
6.3. At the same time, the China Earthquake Networks Center said
the magnitude of the quake was 6.5.

The quake struck 11 kilometers west-northwest of the town of
Wenping at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometers, according
to USGS.
"I felt a strong jolt on my fifth-floor home and some small
objects in my home fell off the shelves," a resident of
Ludian told official Xinhua News Agency.

The quake toppled and cracked apart buildings, forcing people to
rush into the streets.
About 12,000 homes collapsed in Ludian county, where some 429,000
people live and that is located around 366 kilometers (277 miles)
northeast of Yunnan's capital, Kunming.